Help C-h Enter the help system q - exit ? - possible help options C-h (second time) - help-on-help n - what's new t - tutorial r - manual a - what commands include this word? (apropos-command) d - show a list of functions, variables, and other items whose documentation matches the PATTERN (apropos-documentation) (a list of words or a regexp) (Note: see other apropos-* commands) f - what does this function do? (describe-function) v - what does this variable mean, and what is its value? (describe-variable) k - what command does this keystroke sequence run, and what does it do? (describe-key) describe help on specific key-command (you should type it next - ex. ) c - what command does this keystroke sequence run? (describe-key-briefly) b - what are all the key bindings for this buffer? (describe-bindings) w - what is the key binding for this command? (where is) i - info - open the info reader e - display messages buffer (view-echo-area-messages) m - tell me about the modes the current buffer is in (describe-modes) s - what is the syntax table for this buffer? (describe-syntax) l - What are the last 100 characters I typed? (view-lossage) C-h C-a Open About (startup) screen Ctrl+u Ctrl+h a To search both function and command name spaces, call apropos-command with a empty argument.